[IPython-dev] Fwd: Multi-line history problems in ipython (mac osx)

[Michael VanLandingham]

I recall that there was a bug filed in October regarding tab- 
completion / rlcompleter (Boyd filed it).   The thing is, the multi- 
line history problem doesn't occur in the stock python 2.5.1on  
Leopard.  It works fine.   But it doesn't work in iPython.  I also  
don't fully understand readline or editline, so I don't know (and  
haven't found the time to discover) where the problem originates.

I can/will log a bug, but I'd like to figure out the specifics -- I  
don't think that 'multi-line history in iPython borked' would get the  
right attention.  If anyone has anymore insight as to _why_ this  
occurs, please let me know.

Meanwhile I think I'll try to compile readline for my system -- it's  
better software (than libedit) anyway.

Thanks,
-mvl


On Jan 16, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Barry Wark wrote:

> Fernando,
>
> I'd check with Boyd. I know he filed some bug reports as he was
> working on the existing editline support for Ipython. Unfortunately,
> I'm a complete hack and don't really understand either readline or
> editline, so I'm not a great source of useful reports for Apple. I
> suspect that many issues we're having are not "bugs" per se, just
> differences between the configuration of readline and editline.
> editline is supposed to have a realine compatibility mode, so any
> differences we can identify could be submitted to Apple as a bug
> report. Like I said, I'm not really the best person for that job,
> though I'm happy to compile information from others if they want to
> send it to me.
>
> Barry
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 9:07 PM, Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 15, 2008 4:22 PM, Barry Wark <barrywark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, I'm using python.org's framework python (which uses readline),
>>> though I've compiled a version that works with PyObjc2 (see
>>> http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/InstallationOSXLeopard). There seem to
>>> be constant headaches using Leopard's system python for
>>> numpy/scipy/IPython. If you're developing Cocoa apps in Python,  
>>> things
>>> are different. Then the system python's a dream.
>>
>> Do you know if bug reports have been filed with Apple on their
>> readline-like thing?  It seems to me that the bug is on their end,
>> from what I've heard so far from everyone, though I could obviously  
>> be
>> wrong..
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> f
>>
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